CSD approves potential Fisher Building sale

The lettering on the side of Cheney High School were recently updated after being vandalized last school year.

The Cheney School District board of directors voted 4-0 at their regular meeting Aug. 7 in favor of an agreement with a local developer to purchase the Fisher Building. The object of some public debate, sometimes emotional, the Fisher Building has served as the district’s administrative headquarters for several decades after having started as the high school in 1929.

Cheney developer Steve Emtman has formed a limited liability company, Save the Fisher LLC, to purchase the building at a price tag of $950,000, which is within state mandated guidelines for selling public property. The buildi...